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August 11, 2021 23:49

• Russian vaccine becomes an obstacle to small Hajj to Mecca and Medina

  According to Hajj operators, the mass performance of a small Hajj pilgrimage by Russian citizens is possible only if the Russian vaccine against COVID-19 is recognized by the Saudi Arabian authorities. The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia has requested the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to legalize Sputnik V vaccine.

August 11, 2021 23:47

• Relatives of POWs stop their picket after meeting with Pashinyan’s secretary

  Participants of a protest action held in front of the Armenian government building left the place after a meeting with the press secretary of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Azerbaijan admits keeping 45 Armenian citizens, while the Armenian side has collected data about 280 prisoners of war (POWs), human rights defender Artak Zeinalyan notes.

August 11, 2021 23:45

• Relatives report stabilization of health condition of Azerbaijani rights defender, Ogtai Gyulyalyev

  The state of health of Ogtai Gyulyalyev is assessed as stably grave, but doctors note some positive dynamics. He remains unconscious, but already reacts to appeals, his relatives have informed.

August 11, 2021 22:58

• Azerbaijan claims shelling in NAR direction

  Armenian militaries have shelled the positions of their Azerbaijani opponents stationed near the Heydarabad settlement in the Sadarak District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

August 11, 2021 12:18

• Defence demands to question Evkurov under the case of Ingush protest leaders

  At the court session, an advocate asked the court to summon Yunus-Bek Evkurov, a former head of Ingushetia, and Zyalimkhan Evloev, a former Prime Minister of Ingushetia, as witnesses in the case of Magas protesters. Ten defence witnesses have confirmed the defendants' innocence.

August 11, 2021 12:14

• Chechen SC finds refusal to investigate abduction of queer girl legitimate

  The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has found legitimate the investigator's refusal to investigate the girl's abduction by her relatives, from whom she tried to hide, the Russian LGBT Network* has informed. The girl asserted that her family had learned about her sexual orientation; and her life was in danger.

August 11, 2021 12:05

• Court demands from investigators to assess law enforcers' actions against activist Iritov

  Based on the application submitted by Aslan Iritov, the head of the NGO "Volny Aul" (Free Village), about his beating by policemen, a Nalchik court has obliged investigators to check the information.

August 11, 2021 11:58

• Makhachkala resident accused of extremism

  In Dagestan, a local resident will appear before the court, as investigators treat him as a member of the banned religious association "At-Takfir Wal-Hijra"*.

August 11, 2021 11:55

• Residents of South Ossetia dispute on relevance of actions on "Five Day War" anniversary

  South Ossetia has held events in memory of the victims of the "Five-Day War" that began on August 8, 2008. Residents of Tskhinvali, who refused to attend these events, prefer to personally share their memories with their descendants. Those who attended them believe that such events are important for the next generations to remember the history.

August 10, 2021 23:59

• Prosecutor requests 10 years of imprisonment for Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Culture

  Public prosecutor asked the court to sentence Rafig Bairamov, the former Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Culture, to 10 years of imprisonment for abuse of power. The defence demanded to remove the arrest from the Rafig Bairamov’s bank account and claimed he was not guilty.

August 10, 2021 23:59

• Election commission registers Kadyrov as a candidate to lead Chechnya

  Ramzan Kadyrov got a certificate of the candidate from the “Edinaya Rossiya” (United Russia) Party in the election for the leader of Chechnya, scheduled for September 19.

August 10, 2021 23:52

• Karabakh villagers demand a reaction from authorities to shelling attacks

  The Azerbaijani armed forces used their positions in the city of Shushi to shell the Armenian positions near the villages of Mkhitarashen and Shosh, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported. Villagers asked for peacekeepers to be deployed in the area, and the recent shelling attacks have again highlighted the security concerns, local residents complain.

August 10, 2021 22:54

• Azerbaijani oppositionist stops his hunger strike after hospitalization

  Lachin Veliev, a supporter of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, and a former member of the “Musavat” Party, was hospitalized on the ninth day of his hunger strike. After being forced to accept food, Lachin Veliev stopped the action he was holding in protest against the extension of his arrest.

August 10, 2021 17:55

• Court refuses to change verdict to Azerbaijani citizens for aiding terrorism

  A Baku court has upheld the verdict to the Azerbaijani citizens who had earlier been found guilty of complicity with the "Islamic State" (IS or ISIL), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, and sentenced to terms ranging from two and a half to eight years in prison.

August 10, 2021 17:52

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of shelling on NAR border

  On August 9, Armenian militaries shelled the positions of Azerbaijani troops stationed in the Sadarak District of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (NAR), the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

August 10, 2021 12:59

• Azerbaijani activist Alizamin Salaev achieves transfer to colony medical unit

  On August 10, Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), will be transferred to the medical unit of the colony where he is serving his term, his son has informed. However, the medical unit has no equipment and facilities for treating serious diseases, but the custody conditions there are better, human rights defenders have explained.

August 10, 2021 12:56

• Gadjiev's colleagues hold pickets in Dagestan in his support

  Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the edition, and the journalist, Idris Yusupov, came out to solo pickets in Makhachkala demanding to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev and all political prisoners.

August 10, 2021 12:02

• Defenders of Volga-Akhtuba floodplain set up tent camp

  Eight tents have been set up by opponents of oak felling in the Volga-Akhtuba floodplain near the site where the road construction is planned.

August 10, 2021 11:35

• Rights defenders worry about fate of Ibragim Musaev, missing resident of Chechnya

  The disappearance of Ibragim Musaev, a resident of the village of Sernovodsky, whom law enforcers were interested in, indicates a real danger for him, human rights defenders believe, suggesting that a criminal case can be fabricated against Musaev.

August 09, 2021 23:58

• Relatives of Armenian POWs demand a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan

  Relatives of Armenian prisoners of war kept in Azerbaijan, including convicts, went to a protest rally in front of the building of the Armenian government. The protestors promised to continue their action until officials provide them with concise answers about the situation with the prisoners of war (POWs).